cubed

Variant of cube

noun

  1. a solid with six equal, square sides
  2. anything having more or less this shape: an ice cube
  3. the product obtained by multiplying a given number or quantity by its square; third power: the cube of 3 is 27 (3 × 3 × 3)

Origin: Fr < L cubus < Gr kybos, a cube, die, vertebra < IE base *keu(b)-, to bend, turn > hip, hive, L cubare, to lie down

transitive verb cubed, cubing

  1. to raise to the third power; obtain the cube of (a number or quantity)
  2. to cut or shape into cubes; dice: cube the vegetables
  3. to score (meat) in a crisscross pattern in order to tenderize it
  4. to measure the cubic content of

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